tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39953465008108731642018-02-21T18:20:30.211-05:00piccolo's hashThe grumblings of an old school wayward sailorpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.comBlogger3175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-76773469350155590552018-02-21T18:20:00.000-05:002018-02-21T18:20:30.310-05:00You brought it on yourself<span style="font-size: large;">is something I have been saying more and more of these days.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It seems like people are getting stupider and stupider every day.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The one I saw most recently involved a few ANTIFA types and a pretty rugged Samoan. They pepper sprayed a group of regular guys and got beat up for their troubles.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The ANTIFAs claimed "All we did was pepper spray them."</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Did they think the guys were simply going to take a painful experience like that sitting down?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A pepper spray attack is often the beginning of a serious assault and in quite a number of places deadly force can be used to thwart such an attack. If these people keep this kind of behavior up someone's very likely to get shot.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">They will carry on that it wasn't fair but the truth is they brought it on themselves.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-35139249624722838272018-02-20T00:06:00.000-05:002018-02-20T00:06:20.019-05:00In a Facebook thread I pointed one thing out<span style="font-size: large;">to a few teachers that were against arming teachers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The conversation went back and forth and I later pointed out that sometimes a whack job with a gun is a whole lot better to deal with than a whack job with a truck full of explosives.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">For some reason the thread disappeared. I attribute it to the truth bothering the person that started it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A number of years ago I was working for someone else and they started playing with the pensions. here were a lot of people upset. I was union at the time and as a result had no dog in the fight.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I was asked what I thought and told them that there was a lot of emotion going on regarding pensions and they were running the risk of workplace violence which I defined as anything from a shove to a bombing. When you think about it, all it takes is a guy that thinks he has nothing left to lose and the thought of losing a pension can do that to a man, especially one with a disease like cancer and not too much time left.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I pointed out that the office building was a damned soft target, the road system in and out was only one easily blocked road. I also mentioned that the long, straight runs with 90 degree turns were perfect for a sniper and a number of other things.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The supervisor that asked me turned purple and asked me why I knew so much. I told him it was obvious.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">He wanted me to think like a killer so I did and it scared the hell out of him. What he didn't recall is that earlier he had asked me to think like a mechanic and I figured out what was wrong with something.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">My reward for all of this was to be put on the watch list. I later humiliated him a couple times but that's neither here nor there. The clincher was when I asked him how he felt that I didn't think he was worth the 27 cents a bullet cost at the time.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The recent shootings in Florida have made a lot of teachers upset when the suggestion of arming them comes up and the truth is that most of them can't even begin to think logically.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">"Can you imagine a social studies teacher with a Glock facing a killer?" asked one.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The truth is that a social studies with a Glock at least has a chance to survive and save the kids. The hand wringing little schoolmarm has no chance against an armed assailant. None.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The debate went on until a couple of us pointed out that the truth is that a guy with a gun isn't really the one you look out for as there are actually a limited amount of casualties that he can create before he is either overcome or runs out of ammunition.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Timothy MacVeigh took a truckload of fertilizer and diesel and practically leveled an entire Federal building. He killed 168 people and injured about 680 if my memory serves me.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Like it or not, we live only because someone doesn't want us dead. If they want us to die badly enough, we're goners. A lot of people don't want to face that awful truth but they ought to face it often.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe it will tend to make them a little kinder towards other people.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I'll bet you if people were kinder to the Florida school shooter then we would not be having this sad discussion.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-58610297025787427852018-02-19T12:20:00.000-05:002018-02-19T12:20:04.139-05:00I guess that there is another hue and cry to outlaw a popular sport/utility rifle<span style="font-size: large;">which is both stupid and a waste of time.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">First of all if they do outlaw the AR15 and demand a turn them in it is going to be another joke.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The toothpaste is already out of the tube on this one. There are millions out there and a couple of the states have demanded they be turned in with a remarkable amount of success. The number turned in is an insult to the meanest intelligence.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">What will happen is that the rifles will become contraband and therefore will be sold, traded and transferred only on the underground market.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">This means, of course, there will be no control of it whatsoever.&nbsp; Contraband is generally sold cash and carry to people with no regards to age. Ask any teenage pot smoker. They don't have to show an ID to buy narcotics.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">However, they DO have to show an ID to buy a legal firearm these days and because firearms are legal for people of the proper age there is a protocol sellers have to follow to stay legal.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">If you are stupid enough to think that criminals are going to turn in firearms, guess again. For that matter, it you think the bulk of honest citizens are going to turn in their once lawful firearms you might look at what has happened in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. The number turned in is a poke in the eye to lawmakers. Many of them have been turned in by fraidy cat wives trying to save their husbands from themselves. I'm surprised that the number of battered women hasn't risen proportionally to the number of weapons turned in.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Then again, lawmakers are stupid enough to believe that people are going to obey any laws they enact. Yet they are too stupid to look at the drug problem. Surprise! Drug users don't obey the laws these clowns enact, either.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">You think that the bulk of people will with firearms?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">HA! You should live so long!&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-72771252939112176812018-02-18T03:31:00.003-05:002018-02-18T03:31:41.236-05:00Adam Rappon is worthless<span style="font-size: large;">Adam Rippon is a skater that represented the United States at the Olympics. He's a jerk.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Nobody really cares that Rippon is gay but he has to make a big deal out of his sexuality and is really quite obnoxious about it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">He seems to have forgotten the the Olympics are about sports and only sports. He was sent there to represent the country as an athlete, not to promote his lifestyle.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">He wasn't sent there to be a whiny little bitch and badmouth the Vice President Pence or President Trump. He wasn't sent there to make a big to-do about being gay. He was sent there to represent the country in his particular athletic skill.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I am surprised the gay community hasn't expressed embarrassment over his actions. He's acted exactly the way that is sure to bring embarrassment onto the LGBTQ community. He's just been nothing more or less than a whiny little obnoxious stereotyped faggot. Truth is most gays hate people like that.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I do, however put some of the blame on the American Olympic Committee, though for not vetting him first. Athletes are supposed to represent the country in a good light and not embarrass it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Frankly I wish his team mates would hold him a nice little party consisting of a blanket and a bunch of socks containing padlocks. He's certainly earned it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">When his Olympic team mates are through with him the LGBTQ community ought to get their pound of flesh off the whiny little twerp for giving them a bad name. A folded entrenching tool upside the head sounds about right.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-75172393813333523092018-02-17T01:49:00.000-05:002018-02-17T01:49:24.413-05:00Norman Rockwell enters the political fray<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5zvFl35IZgI/WoZf1LJsCuI/AAAAAAAAAlA/uzwpshiGAvQlZtgjW0wJ2TKtO_jshibRwCLcBGAs/s1600/norman%2Brockwell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="960" height="250" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5zvFl35IZgI/WoZf1LJsCuI/AAAAAAAAAlA/uzwpshiGAvQlZtgjW0wJ2TKtO_jshibRwCLcBGAs/s320/norman%2Brockwell.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-10538239977576683812018-02-16T00:05:00.001-05:002018-02-16T00:05:21.393-05:00The Olympics are on in the background<span style="font-size: large;">and the couple figure skating are very graceful.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">People don't understand that grace like this requires a lot of strength and power.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It's one thing to watch a bunch of NFL gorillas bash each other around but I seriously doubt that a whole lot of them are capable of the grace and fluidity that is shown on figure skating events or in ballet.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-49247704534856913892018-02-15T00:15:00.001-05:002018-02-15T00:15:22.266-05:00Wow! I just read where <span style="font-size: large;">the Paycheck (Trump)president wants to undo another part of the legacy of the Food Stamp President (Obama).</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Trump proposes giving actual food to people in place of EBT cards.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Of course this is an unlikely sell to get past congress but it makes sense when you think about it. It will likely lower corruption rates among the program users to a dull roar.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">They can't cheat on a program like this to buy liquor and cigarettes. Drug dealers won't take macaroni and cheese for drugs.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">They can't buy several large boxes of shrimp and take them down the street to the next grocer and sell them wholesale.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">On the other hand, it will be a miracle if Trump can sell this to congress because it would mean a blow to corporate welfare. Stores like Walmart take in a fortune on EBT card s and other government programs.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Still, they ought to do this because the honest Joe Taxpayer deserves to not have to see someone on assistance load up on things he can't afford only to take everything home in a car that's nicer than his.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-88567383013740225772018-02-14T00:22:00.000-05:002018-02-14T00:22:58.387-05:00There is a memorial to the people that died on 911 in Bayonne, NJ<br /><span style="font-size: large;">that a lot of people do not know exists. It is a gift from the Russian government and is called the teardrop memorial.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a picture of it and what irks me is that it was given to us in 2006 but never received&nbsp;much publicity.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.veteransnewsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Russia-tribute-to-911-victims.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="640" height="184" src="https://www.veteransnewsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Russia-tribute-to-911-victims.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">For what it's worth, the Russians have had to deal with terrorism also.</span><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-88607478125907189112018-02-13T01:46:00.000-05:002018-02-13T01:46:01.977-05:00First responders, first responders, first responders<span style="font-size: large;">Our excellent police, fire, EMTs and other are often called 'First Responders' and while many times they are, many times they are not.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">More often than not, the guy in the street is the actual first responder..</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The rough looking homeless guy that sees a car accident in the street and sticks his head into a coffee shop and shouts, "Someone dial 911! There's a car accident out here and a kid got hit!" is an actual first responder.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">He saw something and was the first person to respond by taking action.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The guy that sees a fire and picks up his cell phone and reports it is a first responder. Sometimes after a guy calls something in he swings into action and tries to help out. A lot of lives and property have been saved by individuals just jumping in and taking action.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A lot of us have been first responders. I know I have been more than once.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It doesn't take much to be a real first responder, just a willingness to do the right thing.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">We need more of them. Pitch in !</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-63324375928329575342018-02-12T01:56:00.000-05:002018-02-12T01:56:48.795-05:00Waiting...<span style="font-size: large;">is a major frustration to a lot of us, myself included.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Hurry up and wait is even worse. It is an exercise in both anger and frustration.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">*********************</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">A number of liberals have said they will lay down in front of tanks if Trump holds a parade.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Quick fix. Announce that the tanks will not stop for protesters and if the protesters don't listen, flatten them. Fred Dalton Thompson once said, "If you can't get behind the troops, get in front of them!"</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, people will say it's unfair, primitive, brutal etc but in a way it's not. Flatten a couple and the misbehavior stops. It stops things like that instantly because they know they can't get away with it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Same thing holds in regular life.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Massachusetts has all sorts of rules that seem to encourage criminals. You are practically expected to retreat in your own home if invaded.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Quick fix. Allow the citizenry to arm itself, enact a make my day law, no requirement to retreat, a stand your ground law and castle doctrine and surprise! The crime rate will drop like a stone.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, the do-gooders will scream that people are getting shot. They always seem to do this. They ARE right in a way. People WILL get shot. What the do-gooders seem to conveniently forget is WHO is getting shot.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">What is likely to happen is the right people, the criminal element, will stop a few bullets and the problem will reduce itself to a slow trickle.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A big thing that people forget about the police is they can't do it all by themselves.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-56328132455238131982018-02-11T00:40:00.000-05:002018-02-11T00:40:39.973-05:00I am sitting here taking a break from things<span style="font-size: large;">which is a pretty good deal, except I now have writer's block and can't think of anything to write.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The little rubber pads are starting to fall off my laptop and if I don't put a piece of cardboard down like I have then the table will likely be scratched. I should make a run to Lowe's or someplace for some stick-ons.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">88888888888888888888888</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">One of the things I have seen happen more and more often are people that want to make a big dramatic to-do over things that mean nothing.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The maid was late. a piece of trim fell off my car. The deli is out of my favorite cold cut.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Lately when people tell me stuff like that I look at them and simply say, "First world problems".</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Ever notice that you can make the same recipe using the same foods, the same spices in the same amounts and sometimes it will taste better than other times?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I wonder why that is.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-89655117503641016532018-02-10T00:05:00.000-05:002018-02-10T00:05:07.775-05:00I was reading a thread of sayings and a lot of people<span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;">quoted a lot of great men. A few guys quoted regular guys.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;">My favorite was this:</span><br /><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;">"I carry a guardrail nut on a loop of 550 cord in my pocket. It may not be all whiz-bang tacticool, but one smack in the grape, and Its coloring books for Christmas!"</span><br /><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;">I do understand coloring books for Christmas because I have given them to a guy that really did something stupid to me a few years back.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;">I guess it stirred up a hornet's nest and he proved why. He ran around trying to find out who sent them and everyone that he asked played hell keeping a straight face.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;">"Who sent me coloring books and a Christmas card?" he'd ask everyone he met. Hilarity would ensue. When he asked me I said that it seemed like an ignorant thing to do and added, "You know, ignorance is nothing to laugh about." The people around me died inside holding back gales of laughter.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #cdcdcd; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28.8px;">While you can't fix stupid, sometimes you can let it entertain you.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-27195688293546471982018-02-09T10:21:00.000-05:002018-02-09T13:20:10.029-05:00Busy todayJammed up today<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Found a few minutes.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I just ran into a guy that had been off of work for several months living on a disability that paid about 60% of what he had been making when he was working.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">He said it was fairly simple and that he actually enjoyed it and found ways to cut back expenses and was surprised that he actually managed to save a little, too.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I know this and sometimes forget it but we do what we have to do and we can generally get by. Sometimes it's a lot less stressful when we cut back.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I'll have to keep remembering that as time goes on.</span><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-27215976193222862202018-02-08T00:09:00.000-05:002018-02-08T00:09:50.821-05:00Out of town today<span style="font-size: large;">Another day passes and I have managed to get a few things done.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I hid out from the storm and got in late wondering what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised. The kid down the street had dug me a landing zone, a path to the garage door AND had made a path to the front door. It was a neat, workmanlike job.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I'll pay him for that tomorrow.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">One of the things about living in a neighborhood is to make friends with the young people if you want to get things done.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I used to call the kids the Indian Street irregulars and they have been pretty good. Most of them have grown up and there has not been replacements at the rate of loss. I'm lucky to have the couple of helpers I do have.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The guy that did my driveway is growing up and will be leaving me in three or four years and I will be 70 and probably need him even more.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I have to find and groom a kid or two to help me out in my old age.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The young man does have a kid sister that seems likely to be wanting to make a few bucks helping me out, but I wonder if she'd be willing to shovel snow. I'll have to ask. She has expressed an interest in cat sitting and she'd likely be pretty good at it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The young man has been a wonderful helper and when he leaves home I am going to miss him.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-71813072265308917992018-02-07T01:57:00.006-05:002018-02-07T01:57:44.259-05:00Day in day out.<div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">I t has been well over a year since I stopped smoking cigarettes and probably nine or ten months since I stopped using nicotine replacement until the other day.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">For the past few weeks I have had a horrible urge to light up. It</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">’s been hideous to the point where I started back using the nicotine lozenges that seem to help a bit.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Since I started I did light up on the six month mark but that was a part of the original plan. When originally stopped I planned on lighting up at the six month mark to make myself sick. &nbsp;It did make me sick as hell. Since then I have used a cigarette ‘medically’ once when I woke up in the middle of the night. A couple of puffs made me feel lousy and I fell back asleep shortly thereafter. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">Nine months into it I off the wagon for a few cigarettes. Again I fell off after the one year mark and almost lost it that time. It was hard getting back on the horse. I climbed walls for a long time afterwards.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">It’s been over fifteen months now and it has not gotten any easier, not even a little bit. These past couple of weeks have been damned rough to the point where I reverted back to nicotine lozenges which take damned little off of the cravings but just enough to keep me going.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">People have to remember that I have a fifty year habit I am trying to break. Actually it could be argued that it started in the womb as my mother was a smoker as a young woman. In the fifties nobody knew any better so my mom smoked during pregnancy and I’m sure the nicotine in her bloodstream went into my system. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">I have been this successful because I have focused on the actual smoking and have not decided to worry about anything else. If I gain weight, tough. If I need nicotine to help me, so be it.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">I know that as soon as someone finds out I have used a couple of nicotine lozenges they going to make a big deal out of it and all I have to say to them is, “How about being on my side for a change.”</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">This has not been a good fifteen months in a way because it has been a period of constant cigarette cravings and the past month or so it’s been touch and go.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';">I guess all I can do is persevere and to tell you the truth I am generally pretty good at that.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0000pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: 'yes';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-22080690843784934652018-02-06T00:12:00.000-05:002018-02-06T00:13:20.952-05:00Round and around and around.....<span style="font-size: large;">It seems like things run in circles and one always seems to wind up back at square one.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I read an internet website thread on buying new cars and it cinched it down in my mind even more. The system sends you in a big circle and you generally wind up back at square one unless you become an asshole.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I do believe that I am going to buy my next vehicle differently next time around. I do believe I am going to buy it on line simply because I do not want to have a car salesman breath on me. It is hazardous to one's health.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The trick to buying a vehicle is knowing what you want in the first place. Once you know exactly what you want it is a simple case of finding it at a reasonable price. Note I didn't say BEST price. Playing the best price game is a sure fire ticket straight to depression, anger, murder and suicide. You will ALWAYS find a better deal the day after you sign the agreement.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, sometime down the line that's the plan.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I have read that there is a rash of package theft going on in the area.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I wonder what Amazon would charge to have a big box of used kitty litter dropped off at my place? Or at least box one up for me and I'll leave it on the porch periodically until it gets stolen.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I think I'll email Amazon and find out....</span><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-88953238411272228752018-02-05T00:43:00.000-05:002018-02-05T00:43:38.047-05:00Some people don't know how to take a gift<span style="font-size: large;">Picture getting stopped drunk out of your mind, with a beer can in one hand, a hypodermic needle in the other with a joint in your mouth driving the wrong way down a one way street at ninety mph with an expired inspection sticker.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Now let's say for whatever reason the cop decided he's not in the mood to cart you off but he just HAS to write you up for SOMETHING.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">So he decides to write you up for the expired sticker, a non-moving, no points, no insurance increase piddly&nbsp;little $25 fine offense. Scribble, scribble. Sign here. Thanks. Have a good day.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Of course there are a lot of people out there that would instantly start arguing with the cop. They would generally manage to talk their way into being charged with everything listed plus disorderly conduct, unsafe operation and a list of things a mile long.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The other idiots are the ones that want to take the expired sticker ticket to court and drag the cop in on his day off.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I have a hard time showing ANY sympathy for idiots like that.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Piccolo would say, "Thank you very much, officer," and not one more single word and drive off thinking he had won the lottery.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I have a damned hard time listening to people that have gotten a break prattle on about what a raw deal they got. I generally give people like that both barrels because they ruin things for everyone.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">After running into a few people like that the average cop is likely to say to himself, "Why bother giving someone a break? It's just going to cause me trouble on down the line.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Again, we have to deal with people who ruin things for the rest of us...</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-86190925168017589302018-02-04T00:03:00.000-05:002018-02-04T00:03:10.384-05:00It's Superbowl Sunday and I am not even going to turn the TV on<span style="font-size: large;">for the entire day.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The NFL can kiss my butt.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And that is all I have to say about that.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-91527941111051767042018-02-03T00:02:00.000-05:002018-02-03T00:02:18.091-05:00Day in, day out.<span style="font-size: large;">SOmetimes it can be a real grind dealing with petty-assed things.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It often seems like life changing things are a "OK, yeah, sure." type of thing and which pair of shoes to wear to a barbecue will cause someone unbelievable grief. It never fails.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">8888888888888888888888</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I got a report from a friend that was like me wardrobe wise. He just puts on what comes out of the drawer and doesn't sweat the small stuff.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, he wound up with a Patriots shirt on and stopped off in a Philly suburb to eat. He got somewhat rat-packed by a couple of locals and have to verbally shoot his way out of it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">He managed by pointing out that the people in the place wanted to fight him over a game. A stupid GAME. A GAME that children play in vacant lots.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">My attitude, too.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Professional sports to me is a joke. It is a case of grown men playing games that children play in fields and vacant lots.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">By the way, although I won't be watching the Superbowl I do have to give Patriots fans a certain amount of credit in that they are nowhere the savages that Philadelphia Eagles fans are.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Philly has a much higher percentage of pretty crude fans. I don't like to be out and about when there is a game of any sort in the offing. I am of the opinion that Philadelphia sports fans do not go to a game looking to watch a sports team. They go there to get into a fight with anyone available.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-7570976574154831082018-02-02T00:10:00.000-05:002018-02-02T00:10:10.280-05:00I just read a funny thread about cops shuffling homeless people<span style="font-size: large;">out of their jurisdictions.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A couple of cops in Mississippi bought a bum a ticket to Houston one time and the bum showed up at the police station several weeks later with a sealed letter for the police.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It was from a precinct in Houston telling the Mississippi department to quit sending them their trash.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It was on a board frequented by cops, GIs and vets and the cops started telling stories about shuffling homeless people around.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I have to admit it was sad, but parts of it were hilarious.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">About twenty years ago I was talking with a local cop that was supposed to go to Philly for some reason and was considering giving a homeless guy a lift. The cop decided he didn't want to smell the poor guy in his cruiser for all that time so I offered to clean him up.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I hauled him home and let him use the shower and gave him a set of clothes that didn't fit me very well and gave him to the cop.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The next day I saw the cop and the powers that he said no-go.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I was headed back to work a couple of days later and took him and dropped him off in Center City.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">When I came home after my tour the cop thanked me.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">About six weeks later the bum showed back up again. I heard it was compliments of the Philly PD who had business in the Pittsburgh area.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I just heard a new liberal designation.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Financially challenged urban outdoorsman.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It's another term for homeless.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-50274258140667844852018-02-01T00:33:00.000-05:002018-02-01T00:36:15.785-05:00The rebuttal to the SOTU address was a joke.<span style="font-size: large;">It was nothing more than a bunch of lame emotional crap from a drooling Kennedy.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I suppose that's all they could come up with because Trump surprised a lot of us. Virtually everything he said was pretty irrefutable.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">What is interesting to note is that Mr Kennedy's predecessors were pretty conservative by today's socialist standards.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The Democrats of today are in no way in tune with JFK's New Frontier, yet there are still an awful lot of moderates that vote Democratic every election out of habit.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">They ought to simply drop out and register as Independents.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">*****************</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-48472781733926672642018-01-31T20:24:00.001-05:002018-01-31T20:24:13.660-05:00Jammed up<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry about that.....</span><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-75947964056954862412018-01-30T15:21:00.000-05:002018-01-30T15:21:08.117-05:00I have not yet figured out what the woman marched about<span style="font-size: large;">So far it makes no sense to me.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">There are now more woman than men in college. What would be interesting to find out is how many of these woman are actually getting a marketable degree or are wasting their money on basket weaving, woman's dance studies and other foolishness and accumulating massive debt. Probably quite a few.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Everything is open to women that is reasonably possible. I will admit that SEAL school and a few physical things like that are not allowed but that's actually because of economics. Men wash out of SEAL school at an 80%+ rate. It is expensive enough as it is.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Kudos to the women that passed Ranger school a couple of years back. Maybe if these women can learn Arabic they can be useful to the Special Forces in dealing with women. I saw where a couple of women were attached to an SF unit for just this purpose and were reported to have been very useful, but I digress.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Frankly I think that the march had nothing to do with woman'e rights and a LOT to do with woman that simply don't like president Trump.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">What is interesting is that long before Trump became president he enabled a number of women to do quite a bit. He hired a black woman to be the CEO of one of his companies. He also enabled a woman to be the first woman to build a skyscraper in New York City.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Yet these women marched because they don't like him. Either that or they like wearing vagina hats and making a ruckus for the sake of being a pain in the ass.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">All of this makes me wonder how many woman that marched pay income tax or have jobs of any sort. If they pay taxes they would know that theirs just went down quite a bit.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Last year's march and this year's march seemed to make no sense at all. Hillary lost. The end.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Also I wish the woman that did all of their recent marching had done a better job of picking up after themselves. Last year they left a colossal mess behind and I daresay they probably did the same thing this year. They made themselves look like a bunch of stupid whiners and nothing more.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Incidentally they might look up the record of one of their so-called leaders, one Donna Hylton. She is a convicted murderer.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Hylton">Donna Hylton, convicted murderer</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Some fine example she is!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I suppose the Trump economy is a real powerhouse if this is all they have to worry about....</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-11854766649320513472018-01-29T06:10:00.000-05:002018-01-29T06:10:32.462-05:00Why I voted (with some hesitation) for Donald Trump<div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">During the early part of the primaries I was a Cruz guy. Cruz is pretty much a strict Constitutionalist as am I. Play by the rules. The Founding Fathers had their act together when they wrote the Constitution. They knew their stuff. Jeb </span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">‘Mommy, it’s my turn’ Bush was out of the question. Political dynasties suck and besides he had an attitude he was owed the presidency. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">As the primaries ran on and the various candidates dropped out I started watching and listening to Trump. As time went on I realized that Cruz was pretty much unelectable. Women were saying there was something ‘creepy’ about him. As time passed I decided to get behind Trump. I really didn’t like the idea of Donald Trump as president. I thought he was a big egotist. On the other hand he was a businessman which is a big plus. After 8 years of an Obama economy we needed a shot in the arm.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">Hillary was out of the question. No doubt about it. Liberal, conservative, whatever, there was no way in holy hell I could force myself to vote for Hillary. Besides the dishonesty, there was her reason. She didn</span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">’t want to serve the American people. She wanted the American people to serve her. She had an attitude that she deserved the presidency.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">As I watched the Democratic primaries I saw just how crooked Hillary was. When I saw the so-called ‘super delegates’ business I knew she was crooked and the fix was in. Please note that James Webb briefly threw his hat into the ring and pulled it out as soon as he saw that the fix was in. For what it’s worth, Webb would have won in a Reaganesque landslide.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">The ‘super delegate’ business told me that Hillary and the DNC had no respect for the democratic process. It didn’t matter what the people wanted, it was all about Hillary. I do believe she had the party in her pocket because she knew where the bodies are buried. What’s the use of having a primary if the fix is in? The rank and file Democrats should have bolted. The Democratic primary was ridiculous and an insult to the American way. Typical Hillary.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">There were third party candidates out there and I considered one of them. However, as time wore on I realized that a third party was not really a viable option. The object was simply to stop Hillary.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">As time went on in the Republican primaries I saw that the party big shots were going stark staring bonkers at the prospect of Trump winning the spot as candidate. That got my attention as I have never liked the Republican party. The reason I tend to vote that way is the alternative is worse.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">If Trump was pissing off the establishment Republicans then he was a slam dunk for my support. Besides when you get down to it almost everything he said made sense. The big problem I had with him is simply that he was what he was. He was (and still is) Donald Trump.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">In short, I felt forced to vote for Trump and I really didn’t expect to have him actually do what he said he was going to do. I base this on my natural distrust of political animals. I simply bit the bullet and voted for him. To me it simply became him or Hillary. I held my nose and pulled the lever.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">Actually I didn't hold my nose. I figured that if the Democrats and the establishment Republicans hated him he was good to go. When the establishment Republicans started to support Hillary the odor seemed to disappear and I knew I was doing the right thing. McCain, the Bush tribe, Bill Kristol and a large number of others cinched it down for me. I knew that a vote for Trump was a vote against not only the liberal Democrats but of the establishment Republicans. When I saw how many Republicans were 'Anyone but Trumpers' I pulled the lever cheerfully.&nbsp; The establishment Republicans had brought this upon themselves. I wanted to be a part of who delivered it to them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">It wasn't so much the Democrats that got me to vote for him, it was the establishment Republicans.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">Now that it has been a year I have been pleasantly astonished. He has done more good for the country in his first year than Obama has done in his entire two terms!</span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;">It seems that every time he eliminates an Obama policy that things get better and better. I’m glad I pulled the lever. I have been very entertained watching a genius at work.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 16.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-53805503287540144812018-01-28T00:03:00.000-05:002018-01-28T00:03:57.515-05:00WHat a pain in the butt!<span style="font-size: large;">Depending on the chaos going on in my life I sometimes have to write this stuff on word and paste it here.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Something is wrong with MS Word and I can't figure out how to get around it very well. I'm switching to another processing program I managed to get for FREE!&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I suppose free can be more expensive than pay-for but there are a lot of freebies out there. If this one sucks I can always uninstall it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I did have a problem with some program that dug in on me a few years back and was miserable to uninstall but I managed. I have not seen that one recently probably because enough people got pissed off and raised hell.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">About a year ago my wife wanted me to break down some family spending with a pie graph so I found a pretty good graph maker and she was impressed.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">There's a lot of good stuff out there for little or nothing if you are willing to ignore the advertising and I am as it is for pleasure and not work. I suppose if it was for work I'd pay the extra though.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, it looks like I am up and running again.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAYpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.com0